A Touch of Sin

A Touch of Sin 2013

tiān zhùdìng

Four people in different provinces are driven to violent ends: An angry miner is enraged by corruption in his village. A migrant discovers the possibilities of owning a firearm. A receptionist is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. A young factory worker goes from one job to the next.

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3.99 Beginner Director Jia Zhangke 🍅 95%

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Vocabulary

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hǎn "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc HSK 3
kuài fast; high-speed; rapid HSK 3
qiáo bridge HSK 3
yān cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke HSK 3
dǎo yǎn to direct; director (film etc) HSK 3
fèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses HSK 3
gǎn jǐn hurriedly; without delay HSK 3
fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
làng fèi to waste; to squander HSK 3
yuán gōng staff; personnel; employee HSK 3
xiū to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) HSK 3
zhōng clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell HSK 3
concrete; definite; specific HSK 3
gài roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea HSK 3
happy; cheerful; to laugh HSK 3
shì accident HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
niang girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) HSK 3
a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí] HSK 3
jǐn not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) HSK 3
xià miàn below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] HSK 3
shòu shāng to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed HSK 3
shèng victory HSK 3
nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period HSK 3
to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary) HSK 3
leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty HSK 3
(onom.) laughing out loud HSK 3
jīng economy; economic HSK 3
wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3
cháo imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards HSK 3
Dāo surname Dao HSK 3
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
cóng lái always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) HSK 3
zhèng shì formal; official HSK 3
wēi xiǎn danger; dangerous HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
huán jìng environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient HSK 3
guī dìng to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations HSK 3
jǐng chá police; police officer HSK 3
local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) HSK 3
tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3
zhuān jiā expert; specialist HSK 3
běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3
shì shí fact HSK 3
rén lèi humanity; human race; mankind HSK 3
each; every HSK 3
yóu due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because HSK 3
pressure HSK 3
rèn responsibility; blame; duty HSK 3